We have always kept Mei Ruoqi's matter a secret from Ma Yunxi, but the decisive battle is imminent, and all the truth will be revealed once we enter Death Valley. I was afraid that Ma Yunxi could not bear this blow, so I used the excuse that Qu Mo was injured to not let the two of them enter the valley, and asked Ma Yunxi to take care of Qu Mo outside. In addition, I also worked with Shen Bing to guard outside the valley to prevent them from dragging us down again.
Although Shen Bing was very reluctant, I used the big hat of my father to pressure her, and she immediately agreed, for fear that she would do something wrong again and make my father hate her even more.
Wang Zijun also had to stay outside. In terms of magic and skills, he was not as good as Shen Bing. He would die if he went in. This kid came here with great ambition, but he was chased by a dead monkey and ran for his life. Now his heart is trembling. When he heard that I would not let him enter the valley, he agreed without saying anything.
Qu Mo told me that the fox's injury was not serious. With the healing of the Taoist Qi from me and the Shar Pei, I believe it will recover in the evening and can go in with us. I quietly nodded to Ma Yunxi, and she immediately understood my intention. Then she nodded and told me that these people also needed someone to protect them, so she should stay outside.
Shar Pei and I took turns to infuse her with Dao Qi, and after taking Shar Pei's healing pills, Qu Mo looked much better. It was already noon the day after tomorrow when we finished, and Shen Bing took out the food she bought in Golmud to share with everyone.
Wang Zijun said with a smile, "I brought rice, spare ribs, chicken legs and vegetables with me this time when I came to Death Valley. Let's eat fresh food. Let's cook now." He took out a pot, a small bag of rice, a large bag of chopped spare ribs and chicken legs, and fresh cabbage, winter melon and garlic sprouts, as well as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
Shen Bing and I were stunned. You are not here to fight demons and defend the way, you are here to have fun and vacation. You even brought a pot with you. It's really ridiculous.
Since we can have hot meals, who would want to eat something in a bag? Shen Bing and Ma Yunxi helped to place the pot horizontally on the firewood, put some oil in the bottom of the pot, fried the ribs and chicken legs, poured a few bottles of water into it, threw the chopped cabbage, winter melon and garlic sprouts in and stewed them. Anyway, there was still daylight before dark, and we had plenty of patience. After the ribs and chicken legs were stewed, they were poured into several lunch boxes, and then filled with water to steam rice.
Shen Bing, Wang Zijun and Lu Fei smelled the fragrant ribs and chicken legs and were so greedy. One of you asked them to taste the saltiness, and he asked them to taste whether they were cooked. In a short while, they finished two lunch boxes.
As the rice was about to be cooked, we took out the plastic bags and the remaining two lunch boxes to prepare the rice. Unexpectedly, a tornado suddenly appeared and rolled over from not far away. Dust flew up and covered us all. Everyone was shocked, knowing that the dead monkey was back. I asked Lu Fei to activate the sky lantern array, and then took out two six-ding and six-jia talismans and handed one to Shar Pei.
The tornado came and went, and soon the wind subsided. The black whirlwind retreated to dozens of meters away and kept circling in the air.
"Ah, our pork ribs, chicken legs and rice..." Shen Bing cried out in regret.
Everyone lowered their heads in a hurry. Damn it, the firewood had been rolled up to the point where not even a drop of ash was left, not to mention the rice pot on the fire. There was also no trace of it. The three lunch boxes containing ribs and chicken legs also disappeared. I couldn't help but feel angry and regretful. Why didn't I find a reason to eat a few bites just now? Now, in the end, there was not even a mouthful of rib soup left. This is the end of pretending to be serious.
I gritted my teeth and thought to myself, I'll trap you, you bastard, in the formation, and then I'll burn some heavenly thunder and earthly fire for you to taste. I winked at the Shar Pei and was about to chant a spell.
But suddenly we heard a girl's cry for help from the whirlwind, which made us shut up. We listened carefully and it seemed to be Gu Xiaoning.
"It sounds familiar, is it Xiaoning?" Shen Bing ran up to me and said anxiously.
"You step aside first, let's set up the formation first." I pushed her away, nodded to the Shar Pei dog, and started chanting the spell again.
The moment the formation was set up, a strong wind blew up, sweeping up dust and sand and attacking the black whirlwind. At this time, a slender figure flew out of the whirlwind and fell to the ground with a thud. It looked like Gu Xiaoning. The Shar Pei and I retracted the formation at the same time, and Shen Bing shouted loudly, "Is it Xiaoning?"
Wang Zijun also recognized her and slapped his thigh in surprise, "Why is it this girl?"
I turned to Lu Fei and shouted, "Come here and help me stabilize the formation. I'll go save people."
"Let me go and save her!" Lu Fei ran over, standing on tiptoe and looking forward. His eyes clearly revealed that the beautiful girl was saying, "Let me do it."
I nodded. This is fine. When he calls me mom later, it will be his own fault. The boy ran to the front. Gu Xiaoning was only more than 20 meters away from us and soon arrived in front of us. Before Lu Fei could do anything, he suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground as if he was hit by a hammer.
“Ouch, who the hell is plotting against me…” The boy screamed in pain.
"Ah, it's Brother Lu, you... why are you here?" Gu Xiaoning struggled to get up from the ground and asked Lu Fei. She was covered in snow, her hair was scattered on her shoulders, and she looked like she had suffered a lot.
"I'm here specifically to save you." The boy shamelessly flattered himself and got up from the ground.
Gu Xiaoning said gratefully: "Thank you very much, Brother Lu. By the way, how did you know that I was caught here?"
Lu Fei choked and turned back to look at us. Gu Xiaoning followed her gaze and realized that we were all here. She immediately jumped up excitedly and waved to me, shouting, "Brother Xi, I'm here!"
Sweat, is this little girl so happy to see me? I was about to speak when Shen Bing rushed over from the side, squeezed me behind her, waved and smiled, "Xiao Ning, come here quickly!"
"Brother Xi, please help me, Xiaofan is still in the monster's hands..." Gu Xiaoning said and burst into tears again.
We were startled and looked up at the black whirlwind behind her, in which a child was faintly visible. My heart sank, and I guessed that after we left, the dough maker would not be able to swallow this breath and kidnap them. If Gu Qinglin could not be seen, maybe he really died this time. Alas, Xiaofan, this poor child!
"Don't worry, we will rescue the child!" I flashed out from behind Shen Bing and shouted, then waved to Lu Fei to come back. I went to the front to deal with the dead monkey and lead it into the Liu Ding Liu Jia formation.
Lu Fei curled his lips and ran back reluctantly. However, after running two or three steps, he suddenly lost his balance and his feet seemed to be grabbed from behind. He suddenly fell down from the air. This time I saw clearly that it was a black gas shot out from the black whirlwind that wrapped around his feet.
The black whirlwind then roared again, and the rotation spread out to both sides, forming the shape of a large octopus. A small head popped out from it, which was Xiaofan's. However, the child no longer had that cold and fierce look in his eyes. His eyes were dull and looked very weak.